WorksheetsCauses of the Great Depression
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 31mins
The ________________________ in New York City was the explosion of artistic and intellectual culture of African Americans.
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
_________ opposed immigrants because of the fear of the different culture and the lack of job opportunities.
Flappers
Exodusters
Nativists
Muckrakers'
Women who challenged traditional behavior and dress in the 1920s were known as ___________________.
Nativists
Muckrakers
Flappers
Labor Unions
A group of post WWI authors known as the ___________________ wrote about the loss of American values and the new emphasis on wealth and material things.
Exodusters
Flappers
Nativists
Lost Generation
During the Progressive Era, regulations such as the _______________________ were created to protect the workers and improve their working conditions.
Laissez-faire
initiative
Department of Labor
Pure Food and Drug Act
Thomas Edison’s innovation of the __________ light bulb revolutionized life and improved the standard of living.
Gas
Electric
The Gilded Age policy of ____________________ meant little to no government regulation that allowed for the creation of monopolies.
Initiative
Homestead Act
Laissez-faire
Political reforms such as the ____________ during the Progressive Era increased democracy in the U.S.
Interstate Commerce Act
Prohibition
Initiative
Coinage of Silver
Allowed farmers to access more markets is to the railroad
As allowed more efficient production is to ________
Mass-Manufacturing Techniques
Wilson's Fourteen Points
Taft's Dollar Diplomacy
Chinese Exclusion Act
The American Expeditionary Force is to John J. Pershing
As helped immigrants assimilate is to _______________
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Ida B. Wells
Upton Sinclair
Passed for fear of open speech during war is to the Espionage Act
As passed for fear about competition of jobs in the west to the __________
Operation Wetback
Chinese Exclusion Act
Homestead Act
Prohibition if alcohol is to the 18th Amendment
Freedom of the Seas is to the __________
Taft's Dollar Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary
Wilson's Fourteen Points
The term economic depression refers to -
an economy that sells a lot of goods that are targeted towards people with depression
when large corporations acquire small locally owned businesses
an economy with low employment and lots of business failures
the movement of economic production from low production to high production
One of the greatest reasons for the Great Depression was -
people’s over speculation in the stock market making the market artificially high
Bank managers refused to make loans to poor citizens that had been laid off
The Federal Reserve increased interest rates for five consecutive years
China passed protective tariffs that took a financial toll on American manufacturers
Another reason for the Great Depression was international trade declined. This was largely the result of the -
International Commerce Act of 1928
Knights of Labor strike
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Tariff of Abominations
Banks also played a role in the great depression because -
banks only provided loans to wealthy citizens
the government did not insure bank deposits
banks charged interest rates loans that were too hard to pay back
bank officials were corrupt and often stole money
What is the major headline of the front page?
Approximately what was the date this article was published?
Why would Senators be punished for supporting tariffs? How may have that led to this headline?
Why do you suppose these men are in line?
Why do you suppose it's only men in line?
What group of Americans may have had it the toughest during this decade?
Which of the following best completes this graphic organizer?
Increase in consumer spending
Overspeculation in the stock market
Decrease in military spending
Government subsidization of agriculture
Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the United States during the 1930s?
A sharp increase in the power given to state governments
An extended period of economic depression
The adoption of an interventionist foreign policy
The formation of a national Civil Rights movement
Which of the following best completes this diagram?
Led to a decrease in U.S. international trade
Helped stabilize the U.S. economy
Strengthened U.S. relationships overseas
Led to a decline in U.S. unemployment
Which of the following directly contributed to the economic instability of the United States in 1929?
The implementation of a personal income tax
Overspeculation in the stock market
New regulations on banking
The elimination of import tariffs
The economic conditions described in this excerpt contributed to —
a global economic depression
an increase in foreign investments in the U.S. market
the adoption of the gold standard
an increase in free market activity
Which statement best explains how bank failures contributed to the Great Depression?
People lost their savings because the government did not insure bank deposits
Business could not be done when President Franklin Roosevelt declared a bank holiday.
The interest rates on bank loans were too high.
Foreign investors did not invest enough in U.S. banks.
Which statement best describes how investment in the stock market during the mid-to-late 1920s contributed to the Great Depression?
People were unable to repay the loans used to purchase stocks.
Government taxes on stock transactions made it difficult to repay investors.
Financial institutions were not required to report earnings to stock investors.
Foreign countries were not required to immediately pay stockholder earnings.
Great Depression-Demand for goods declined -> businesses failed -> Unemployment grew -> economic Depression -> homeless
Over speculation-In stock market lead to Great Depression
True
False
Which reason correctly replaces the question mark on this list?
Decrease in interest rates
Failure of banks
Outsourcing of manufacturing jobs
Outbreak of a global war
